c 


Ji  day  with  the  R.Q 

UNIVERSITY  o/  MISSGUR I 


PROPOSED        A  R  M  O  R  Y 


G-S/S2dS 


WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

WASHINOTON. 


NOV      6    1922 


Lt.  Coin*!  Vllllaa  B.  fcraons,   lot., 

Profesior  of  UillCar;  :>olecce  end  Tsctlci, 
UnlT«ralt7  of  UleBourl, 
ColuBbla,  Ulsaourl. 

Wy  le«r  Colonel  Fereoosi 

It  has  coire  to  m7att«DtlaD  that  consideration   le  being  glTen  to 
«  jrojeot  for  seoirlng  fundi  for  oonatructlon  at  the   University  of 
klssoorl  of  an  armory  tT  th*^    aae   of  the  Beserre  Offloera*    Training 
Corps.     It    lA   aOB^    Ijnport&nt  tt&t  evorythlng  poaaible  be  doDe«  as 
well  by  coQzsQiil  ^  as  by  Federal  support,    to  further  the  development 
and  offlclecoy  of  produotlva  R.O.T.C.    units,    and  the  University  of 
MlsBOurl.    for  the  past    three  :,"BarB  rated  by   the  Var  DdiArtnsnt  as  a 
Distln^lshed  College,  Is  particularly  datervlng. 

A  auooessfully  coouuctad  R.O.T.C.  unit  Is  not  only  a  dependable 
•(let  for  Batlonel  Defense,  supplying  well  qualified  Reserve  officers 
for  ale  in  national  emergency,  but  la  also  an  asset  to  the  tmlveralty 
and  to  the  cooDanl^,  offering;  as  It  does  a  department  of  training 
•ho«B  by  aiperlenoe  to  be  a  sbs  t  valuable  vehicle  for  character  build- 
ing, and  for  Instilling  In  the  youth  of  our  land  the  cardinal  princi- 
ple! of  Hood  cltlzenAlp. 

The  provision  of  an  armory  at  the   University  ui"  Ulssourl  would 
groatly   increase  the  efficiency  of  training  and  the   amount  of  practical 
training  thjt   can  bo  given.     1  unaorstand  that  outdoor  work  must  now, 
in  the  absence  of  an  armory,  be  suspended  for  the  ounths  of  ^>ecerober, 
Jaauary  aou  yebruary  due  to  severe  winter   conditions* 

I  have  noted  >itn  pleasure    thu  excellent  rtcord  of  the   R.O.T.C. 
usl  ti  at   the  University;  at  the  recent  Fort  ooelllng  anu  Caijp  l^oz 
oacpi    the   infantry  ana  the  Artillery  units  aamonstrated  oonipioaous 
ability;    the    Interest  of  tl»    students   in  mililary  training  has   been 
Dotable. 


1  itrargly  hope    tnot  adequate  suppur  i  may  bo  extended   to  the  pro- 
Jest  imaar  consideration. 


WAR    DEPARTMENT 

OFnCE    OP    THE     CHIEF    OF     INFANTRY 
WASHINGTON 


BovenJier  21,    1922. 


Ify  dear  Colonel  Persons 


It  has  come   to  n^  attention   that  you  have  been   so 
succSESful   in  your  efforts  to  have  an  Armory  built  at   the 
University  of  lilesourl,  as  to  secure   tie  reoommendat  Ions  of 
the  Board  of  Curators   that  two  hundred   thousand  dollars  be 
appropriated  for   that  purpose. 

Of   the   Importance  of  and  need  for   such  a  building 
there  can  be  no  question.      Especially  In  a  oliraate  such  as 
you  have  In  Ulssourl   it  Is  lojjeratlve   that  faollltles  be  pro- 
vided for   carrying  on  the  R.O.T.C.    oouree  without  Interruption 
during  tlie  "In-doors"   season. 

I  aa  glad  to  see  our  larger  Institutions  awHkenlng 
to  the  Importanoe  of  the  R.O.T.C.  1  am  sure  that  the  Armory 
you  propose  to  build  will  not  only  be  a  very  useful  addition 
to  the  University  campus  but  will  be  a  source  of  pride  to  the 
State. 

The  Armories  erected  at   several  of  our  greater  colleges, 
such  as  Oorneil,    The  University  of  Illl'iols,   and  The  Unlwrslty 
of  California  are  «ell  Known   tliroughout   the  country.      They  have 
served  many  purposes  besides  the   strictly  military  uses  for  which 
they  were   built. 

Please  acoept  iqy  oonijratuaationB  for  yourself  and  all 
others  who  are  engaged   in  this  Kood  undertaKlng. 


Lt.    Col.    VnuE.^er£CQ^s.    Inf., 
P.    LI.    S.    4      T.  , 
University  of  iiis.-^ourl, 
Columbia,     ttlssoufl. 


Sincerely, 


-(^    ^JfClPi^i^ 


0.    3.   VARKSVORIH. 


THE    UNIVERSITY    OF   MISSOURI    BULLETIN 


VOLUME  24        NUMBER  2 


A  DAY  WITH  THE  RESERVE  OFFICERS'  TRAINING  CORPS 

at  the 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI 


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ISSUED  THREE  TIMES  MONTHLY;   ENTERED  AS  SECOND-CLASS 

MATTER  AT  THE  POSTOFFICE  AT  COLUMBIA. 

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JANUARY,  1923 


Origin   of   Militaky   Training 


Origin  of  Military  Training  at 
Colleges  and  Universities 

Ml LITARY  training  at  colleges  and  univer- 
sities had  its  incei)ti()n  in  the  Morrill  Act 

of  1862,  which  Act  provided  for,  " the 

donation  of  certain  lands  for  the  establishment 
of  schools  and  colleges  where  the  leading  object 
shall  be  instruction  in  agriculture  and  the  me- 
chanic arts,  including  military  science "' 

The  State  of  Missouri  took  advantage  of 
the  provision  of  this  act  of  Congress  and  estab- 
lished The  Missouri  State  Military  School  at 
the  University  of  Missouri  where  the  College  of 
Agriculture  was  established,  and  where  instrucr 
tion  in  mechanic  arts  was  given  in  the  School  of 
F-ngineering.  Missouri  was  one  of  the  first  states 
to  comply  with  the  Morrill  Act. 

The  need  for  niilitar\-  training  had  long  been 
felt  and  the  decision  to  incorporate  the  teaching 
of  militar}'  science  in  the  general  education  of 
the  vouth  of  the  country  was  finally  adopted  as 
the  logical  means  to  that  end.     Schools  and  col- 


pafic  Iwn 


TlIK    Co.\I  .\1.\.\I).\NT 

Licutcuaiit    Colonel    U'illi'iiii    11.    Persons 


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leges  were  established  according  to  tlie  provi- 
sions of  the  above  Act  in  all  sections  of  the  coun- 
try and  today  we  Hnd  practically  all  state  univer- 
sities and  agricultural  colleges  listed  as  "Land- 
grant  Institutions". 

The  military  training  at  these  institutions, 
while  not  extensive,  was  productive  of  good  re- 
sults and  fully  justihed  the  policy.  Some  of  our 
greatest  leaders  in  public  as  well  as  military  life, 
learned  the  first  rudiments  of  discipline  and  regu- 
lated action  under  the  system.  A  great  many  of- 
ficers prominent  in  our  military  service  have  had 
their  first  military  training  at  a  land-grant  school. 

The  value  of  this  course  in  military  science 
was  not  fully  recognized,  however,  until  1916, 
when  the  Reserve  Ofificers'  Training  Corps  was 
organized.  Prior  to  that  time,  the  military  in- 
struction was  confined  to  drill  and  the  rudiments 
of  military  education.  Only  one  ofificer  of  the 
regular  army  was  detailed  at  each  institution  and 
consequently  very  little,  if  any,  of  the  theory  of 
military  science  could  be  given.  The  National 
Defense  Act  of  1916  established  the  Reserve 
Officers"  Training  Corps  at  schools  and  colleges 
throughout   tlie    countrv,    and   at    the    land-grant 


f"^ 


The  Regular  Army  Officers  on  Duty  at  the   i'liiz'crsity  of 

Missouri 


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Origin   of    Military   Training 


The  Kijlc  'J  cam.  I'li/tirs  in  \')2J.  o-rcr  all  Stale  I  iislitutioiis  in 
Miiiiii'.uila.  North  and  Smith  Dakota,  lawa,  Nebraska,  Kansas 
and  .Arkansas. 


institutions,  tliis  superseded  tlie  old  form  of 
training. 

The  experience  of  all  our  wars  has  proved 
that  our  greatest  need  in  time  of  emergency  has 
been  leaders.  This  is  tlie  primary  object  of  the 
R.  O.  T.  C. — the  development  of  trained  leaders. 
With  the  growth  of  modern  warfare  along  scien- 
tific lines,  education  in  those  subjects  required 
for  all  other  professions  has  been  necessary  for 
the  military  leader.  The  value  of  a  course  of- 
fering such  a  liberal  education  has  been  quickly 
recognized  by  a  great  many  institutions  with  the 
result  that  Military  Science  and  Tactics  is  now 
established  on  an  equal  footing  with  other  aca- 
demic subjects. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  special  advantages 
of  the  work  of  the  Military  Department. 

1.  It  makes  a  ])oint  of  teaching  the  impor- 
tance of  observing  the  conventions  of  society,  of 
abiding  by  the  laws  and  of  living  up  to  the  rules 
under  wliich  we  live  and  on  wliicli  our  civiliza- 
tion is  based. 

2.  It  teaches  the  necessity  for  ]:)romptness, 
the  value  of  co-operation  with  our  fellows — of 
taking  one's  part  in  the  team  of  everyday  life. 


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3.  It  stresses  the  matter  of  courtesy  and 
impresses  111:011  eacli  memljer  the  value  of  the 
forms  and  ceremonies  which  have  been  handed 
down  by  our  forefathers. 

4.  It  strives  to  arouse  tlie  latent  ability  of 
leadership  in  every  young  man  and  to  direct  the 
individual  in  conduct  and  achievement. 

5.  It  teaches  the  doctrine  of  clean-minded- 
ness — clean  living. 

T).  It  gives  special  attention  to  proper  physi- 
cal development. 

The  practical  exercises  teach  co-ordination 
of  mind  and  muscle.  This  part  of  the  course  not 
only  develops  grace  and  ease  of  carriage,  it  also 
stimulates  mental  activity,  develops  ability  to 
concentrate — it  creates  a  desire  to  and  the  oppor- 
tunity for  practice  in  handlirg  men. 

Every  part  of  the  military  course  is  directed 
at  bringing  out  and  developing  personality,  con- 
fidence and  initiative. 

Each  student  is  taught  to  make  quick  and 
intelligent  decisions  and  to  acciuire  the  facility 
for  carrying  decisions  into  effect. 

All  of  these  things  are  extremely  valuable 


Missouri's  Pistol  Team.     All  z'ictorious  in    1922. 
West  Point  in  1921  and  1922. 


Jlctors  over 


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Origin  of   Military    Training 


to   every  man  in  every  walk   of  life.      In   this  all   agree. 

There  is  also  the  great  proljlein  of  N^alioiial  Insur- 
ance. 

The  ohligalion  of  every  citi7A-n  includes  the  duties 
which  his  ca])al)ilities  enalile  him  to  perform  toward 
guaranteeing  life,  liherty  and  the  ])ursuit  of  happiness — 
in  making  his  countr\'  a  hetter  i)lace  in  whicli  to  live. 
L'nfortunalely,  war,  the  greatest  dc-troyer  of  life,  liherty. 
and  liappiness.  always  appears  to  l;e  a  long,  long  way  off 
until  the  horror  of  its  existence  is  actually  u])on  us.  To 
assert  that  it  will  never  hap])cn  again  is  like  -aying  that 
there  will   never  he  another  case  of  smalli)ox — we  know 


that  in  our  community  smallpox  did  not  exist  last  year, 
hut  we  are  taking  every  satisfactory  precaution  to  pre- 
vent its  occurrence  this  year ;  we  even  prepare  by  vac- 
cination to  lessen  its  virulence  in  case  of  attack.  For 
4,000  years  war  has  been  as  certain  as  death,  yet  is  it  not 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  we  may  discover  a  means  of 
prevention  through  the  study  of  war,  and  is  it  anything 
more  than  ordinary  common  sense  to  prepare  for  a  catas- 
trophe which  has  recurred  so  often?  Through  the 
n-edium  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps  the 
average  college  sttident  now  has  the  opportunity,  not 
only   to   study    the   causes   and   efifects   of    war.   but   also 


Jrlillcry  Out  on  a  Sahirday  /Ijtcrnoon  Hike 


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to  prepare  to  resist  it  and  to  lessen  its  virulence  in 
case  of  attack. 

The  college  man  should  assume  the  obliga- 
tion of  his  larger  responsibility.  We  do  not  go 
to  a  butcher  when  we  have  appendicitis,  we  go 
to  the  man  who  has  studied  surgery,  and  so  have 
at  least  a  fair  chance  for  our  lives.  Haven't  our 
sons  a  right  to  expect  a  fair  chance  in  war?  Will 
they  get  it  in  the  most  complicated  game  ever 
known  under  ignorant  leaders  ?  The  college  man 
must  answer. 

It  is  no  longer  possible  to  maintain  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  regular  officers  to  meet  the  re- 
cjuirements  of  modern  war.  During  the  last  war 
we  augmented  our  little  regular  force  of 
approximately  5,000  officers  to  approximately 
200,000  officers  in  eighteen  months,  and  the 
chances  are  that  we  will  never  again  have  even 
as  much  as  three  months  in  which  to  prepare.  If 
every  college  man  assumes  his  responsibility  and 
takes  the  place  his  opportunity  affords,  the  Re- 
serve Officers'  Training  Corps  will  become, 
through  its  affiliation  with  the  National  Guard, 
the  greatest  National  Insurance  and  the  cheapest 


Brigadier  General  Win.  A.  Raitpp — Adjutant  General  of  Stat:  of 
Missouri  addressing   the  Reserve   Officers^   Training   Corps. 


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A  Detachment  of  Field  Artillery  on  the  road.   All  personnel  arc  R.  0 .  T.  C.  students. 


Origin  oi'   Military   Training 


furnished  and  the  work  if  continued,  we  will  soon  have 
among  our  citizens,  military  leaders  in  every  walk  of 
life,  representing  every  business  and  profession,  who^  can 
be  called  upon  in  case  of  great  emergencies  to  organize, 
equip  and  train  troops  in  the  localities  in  which  they 
live.  The  policy  of  training  our  leaders  at  colleges  and 
universities  will,  in  a  few  years,  be  the  greatest  National 
Insurance  the  country  has  ever  had.  At  your  university 
the  ecjuijiment  furnished  by  the  Federal  (jovernment  is 
scattered  all  over  the  campus  in  a  dozen  different  build- 
ings. Military  classes  are  scheduled  in  practically  every 
building  at  the  University.  On  December  1st,  all  prac- 
tical military  work  must  stop  on  account  of  weather 
conditions  and  no  practical  work  is  scheduled  until  March 
1st. 

In  spite  of  these  handicaps,  Missouri  has  been  rated 
as  one  of  the  1.^  distinguished  colleges  in  the  United 
States  by  the  War  Departnenl  for  the  past  three  years. 
Missouri  needs  an  Armory  to  carry  on  this  work,  the 
Military  Department  deserves  this  consideration. 

The  Board  of  Curators  of  the  University  of  Mis- 
souri have  included  in  the  budget  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Legislature,  a  recommendation  that  $200,000.00  be  ap- 
propriated to  construct  a  suitable  building  for  the  Mili- 
tary 1  )cparliiK'nt. 


t'df/i'   It'll 


form  of  ])reparedness  the  bederal  (iovernment  has  ever 
inaugurated. 

The  organization  provides  the  o])portunity  for  each 
boy  to  get  a  si)lendid  course  in  leadership  and  if  he  sees 
lit  to  take  the  advanced  course,  he  may  obtain  his  reserve 
commission    u])on    graduatii>n.       If    ])ro])er    facilities    are 


/\'i(/ltt  into  the  hull's  rye  7<.'illi  a  oiic-pDinuIrr  i/iiii. 


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An  Armory  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Missouri  is  a  very  great 
necessity.  Our  neighbor  states  are 
forging  ahead  in  this  respect.  IIH- 
nois,  Iowa,  A.  &  M.,  the  University 
of  Iowa,  Texa.^,  A.  &  M.,  University 
of  Oregon,  Indiana  University,  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Cornell,  Yale, 
Harvard,  and  others  have  provided 
suitable  buildings  to  carry  on  the 
work  of  their  military  departments. 
If  Missouri  is  to  keep  its  place  a  nong 
the  distinguished  institutions  of  the 
country — if  we  are  to  hold  our  repu- 
tation for  progress,  something  must 
be  done. 

A  letter  from  Ceneral  Pershing  on 
the  subject  of  an  Armory  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri  and  the  value  of 
Military  Training  is  printed  herein. 
Also  the  letter  from  Major-General 
Farnsworth,  the  Chief  of  the  Infan- 
try. 


One  of  the  things  a  student  must  do  z^'ell  to  qualify  in  riding. 


fianc  liveh'e 


Origin   of   Arii.iTARY   Training 


I  lie  Cadet  Officers. — .///  cailel  companies  and  battrrics  arc  commanded  and  led  by  Student  Officers. 


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Guard  Mount  held  as  a  demonstration  by  Headquarters  Company. 


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Origin   of    Military   Train  inc. 


A  Ciroitp  of  l\ .  ().  '/'.  C.  stiidciils  on  the  pistol   raiujc   where  fortx-fii'e  students   ean  fire  siiiiiiltaiieoiisly. 


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A  Cla^s  on  the  Machine  Gun  Ranye.    Many  thousand  rounds    of  service  ammunition  are  fired  in  this  instruction  annuallv. 


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Origin  of   Military   Training 


Sctt'nuj    up    li.vcrcisc.       .1  part  of  the  daily  drill. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI 

rHE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI  stands  at  the  head  of  the  educational  system  of  the 
state.  It  was  founded  at  Columbia  in  1839,  and  instruction  in  academic  work  was  begun 
in  1841. 

The  work  of  the  University  is  now  carried  on  in  the  following  colleges  and  schools :  Col- 
lege of  Arts  and  Science,  College  of  Agriculture,  School  of  Education,  School  of  Law,  School 
of  Medicine,  School  of  Engineering,  School  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy,  School  of  Journalism, 
School  of  Business  and  Public  Administration,  Graduate  School,  Extension   Division. 

All  divisions  are  at  Columbia  except  the  School  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy,  which  is  at 
Rolla.  Emphasis  has  been  given  particular  lines  of  work  by  the  establishment  of  minor  divi- 
sions, the  chief  of  which  are  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  the  Engineering  Experiment 
Station  and  the  Missouri  State  Military  School. 

The  fundamental  aim  of  the  University  is  the  development  of  the  highest  and  most  ef- 
ficient type  of  citizens.  The  school  is  supported  by  the  state  and  endeavors  to  return  to  the  state 
practical  service.  Of  late  years  extension  courses,  experiment  farms,  and  free  literature  on 
practical  subjects  have  widely  extended  the  University's  influence. 

The  University  grounds  at  Columbia  cover  more  than  800  acres.  The  main  divisions  are 
the  Francis  Quadrangle,  the  East  Campus,   Rollins  Field  for  athletics,  and  the  University  Farm. 

Full  information  regarding  the  University  is  given  in  the  catalog,  a  copy  of  which  will 
be  sent  on  request  without  charge.  For  this  or  special  bulletins  of  the  Graduate  School,  College 
of  Arts  and  Science,  College  of  Agriculture,  School  of  Education,  School  of  Law,  School  of 
Medicine,  School  of  Engineering,  School  of  Jouxiialism,  School  of  Business  and  Public  Admin- 
istration, Summer  Session,  or  Extension  Divisl'on,  write  to 

The  Registrar,  University  of  Missouri, 
Columbia,  Missouri. 


P.O.T.C.  Trophio 


